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Spotted by Locals city guides App Reviews

Perfect way to explore a city

5

By The handsome olive

I first heard about SpottedbyLocals when I was studying abroad in Paris in 2009. I usually like to collect recommendations from friends before visiting a new city but in this day and age with social media, people end up seeing certain places on Instagram and Facebook and then just go where they see their friends go. This works sometimes but the problem is that you end up being directed to the same place that all the other people are going to which in effect ends up being touristy. If you’re like me and want to explore a city as someone who lives there would, then this is the app for you. The app itself is nothing special. Basic map with some highlighted spots but the content and curation is what is so key. We went to at least 10 of the recommended places in Mexico City and they were all spot on. You can’t get fair assessments of where to go on sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor anymore because their ranking systems have become biased towards the places that pay them. SpottedByLocals is a neutral assessment of amazing places in cities by the people who are proudest to live in them.

Very useful

5

By fs46

I’ve tried three cities in the last month and they’ve all showed me interesting things I wouldn’t have otherwise found.

Wish I could give this app 6 stars

5

By iPhoneUser3100

Honest advice about cool & funky places from an app without bugs. Who wouldn’t like this??
Love it SO much! Finds places for me that TripAdvisor has never even heard of. Amazing coffee in Helsinki, Authentic & delicious tapas in Barcelona, practically curated vintage clothes in London. We even bought Los Angeles to find the newest places to try in our own hometown.
One of my favorite apps ever, travel or otherwise.

Needs improvements

1

By PJ&0

Every time I try to use it, I have to download the same map again.
Wish it had a section to only see new posts. Does not see to be updated often

Not a typical city guide

5

By AppConsumer

I really love this guide.
But I guess it wants to be used slightly differently than regular city guides.
This app has a handpicked selection of locations that are recommended by locals. It will never recommend as many restaurants or sights as e.g. TripAdvisor.
I usually wander around a city and then I’m looking what Spotted by locals recommends in the surroundings.
It made me discover many small gems in cities such as Athens, Amsterdam and Prague.
The recommended places are almost always authentic and either not (that) known to tourists or else also loved and frequented by locals.

Waste of money

1

By Kimmba24

Don’t buy this app. It provided very little insight to anything!!! Just a small handful of places. Waste of time and money..